Wow..ViewVC over Apache sounds to be a viable option.
Thanks a lot guys...realli appreciate your help
Cheers
On 10/23/07, Andy Levy <andy.levy@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10/23/07, Mick Ken <micks80@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Thanks Guys,
> > I just noticed "svn://..." works with Eclipse.
> >
> > Actually, when you just start typing "svn:"...a red dot appears on the
> > top saying wrong url...but after you complete the whole url like
> > "svn://localhost/repository"..that error dot disappers....sorry for my
> > ignorance.
> >
> > My only last concern is, can i access the repository over the internet
> > using the "SVN" protocol like say from some browser like IE ? I know I
> > can do this if I use Apache with SVN. I assume here whatever works for
> > "svn://" also works with "svn+ssh://" as I would be using the later
> > one.
>
> No, because IE doesn't understand the svn or ssh protocols. It
> understands http and ftp.
>
> > I am just asking this becoz some BA's/PMs do not want to install any
> > client like Tortoise SVN and still want to peek and look into the
> > source code and they have this as a requirement.
> >
> > If not,I will try to convince them or install Apache and configure
> > it.I do not want to use Apache becoz that would mean maintaining more
> > versions and modules compatibility.
>
> You could install Apache and a repository browser web app like ViewVC.
> Let those managers look via HTTP, but keep "real" repository access on
> svn:// or ssh+svn://
>
> > On 10/23/07, Andy Levy <andy.levy@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On 10/23/07, Mick Ken <micks80@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > Hi Friends,
> > > > I installed SVN using the built-in SVNserve program. I am just
> > > > wondering is there anyway that the clients can access this repository
> > > > using "http" or the only way to do this is by re-installing it using
> > > > "Apache".
> > > >
> > > > Basically, when i try to use subclipse plugin to connect to my
> > > > repository, it does not recognizes the "svn://" protocol and expects
> > > > the "http://" protocol.
> > > >
> > > > And I guess, now I have to take the Apache path which I was trying to avoid.
> > >
> > > svnserve only speaks svn://
> > >
> > > Apache only speaks http(s)://
> > >
> > > You don't need to "reinstall" anything - install Apache and configure
> > > it to point at your repository. Unless you compiled yourself and
> > > didn't include the Apache modules (which would require you to
> > > recompile/install).
> > >
> >
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